BLUE WHALE (Balaenoptera musculus): Western North Atlantic Stock
The distribution of the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, in the western North Atlantic generally extends from the Arctic to at least mid-latitudes. Blue whales are most frequently sighted in the waters off eastern Canada, with the majority of recent records from the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Sears et...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.294.7468 2023-05-15T15:08:42+02:00 BLUE WHALE (Balaenoptera musculus): Western North Atlantic Stock Stock Definition Geographic Range The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.294.7468 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao1995whbl-wn.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.294.7468 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao1995whbl-wn.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao1995whbl-wn.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T21:44:18Z The distribution of the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, in the western North Atlantic generally extends from the Arctic to at least mid-latitudes. Blue whales are most frequently sighted in the waters off eastern Canada, with the majority of recent records from the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Sears et al. 1987). The species was hunted around Newfoundland in the first half of the 20th century (Sergeant 1966). The present Canadian distribution, broadly described, is spring, summer, and fall in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, especially along the north shore from the St. Lawrence River estuary to the Strait of Belle Isle and off eastern Nova Scotia. The species occurs in winter off southern Newfoundland and also in summer in Davis Strait (Mansfield 1985). The blue whale is best considered as an occasional visitor in U.S. Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters, which may be the current southern limit of its range (CeTAP 1982; Wenzel et al. 1988). All of the five sightings described in the foregoing two references were in August. Yochem and Leatherwood (1985) summarized records that suggested an occurrence of this species south to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, although the actual southern limit of the species ’ range is unknown. The blue whale may be nomadic and open-ocean in habitat. In one example, an individual was tracked from near Newfoundland to south of Bermuda (Gagnon and Clark 1993). POPULATION SIZE Text Arctic Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale Davis Strait Newfoundland North Atlantic Strait of Belle Isle Unknown Arctic Canada Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-55.357,-55.357,51.942,51.942) Lawrence River ENVELOPE(-115.002,-115.002,58.384,58.384) Strait of Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-57.115,-57.115,51.400,51.400) Mansfield ENVELOPE(-45.733,-45.733,-60.650,-60.650) |
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The distribution of the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, in the western North Atlantic generally extends from the Arctic to at least mid-latitudes. Blue whales are most frequently sighted in the waters off eastern Canada, with the majority of recent records from the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Sears et al. 1987). The species was hunted around Newfoundland in the first half of the 20th century (Sergeant 1966). The present Canadian distribution, broadly described, is spring, summer, and fall in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, especially along the north shore from the St. Lawrence River estuary to the Strait of Belle Isle and off eastern Nova Scotia. The species occurs in winter off southern Newfoundland and also in summer in Davis Strait (Mansfield 1985). The blue whale is best considered as an occasional visitor in U.S. Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters, which may be the current southern limit of its range (CeTAP 1982; Wenzel et al. 1988). All of the five sightings described in the foregoing two references were in August. Yochem and Leatherwood (1985) summarized records that suggested an occurrence of this species south to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, although the actual southern limit of the species ’ range is unknown. The blue whale may be nomadic and open-ocean in habitat. In one example, an individual was tracked from near Newfoundland to south of Bermuda (Gagnon and Clark 1993). POPULATION SIZE |
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ENVELOPE(-55.357,-55.357,51.942,51.942) ENVELOPE(-115.002,-115.002,58.384,58.384) ENVELOPE(-57.115,-57.115,51.400,51.400) ENVELOPE(-45.733,-45.733,-60.650,-60.650) |
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Arctic Canada Belle Isle Lawrence River Strait of Belle Isle Mansfield |
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Arctic Canada Belle Isle Lawrence River Strait of Belle Isle Mansfield |
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Arctic Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale Davis Strait Newfoundland North Atlantic Strait of Belle Isle |
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Arctic Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale Davis Strait Newfoundland North Atlantic Strait of Belle Isle |
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